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Furman seniors receive Fulbrights to teach in Germany
Two Furman University seniors will spend the 2014-15 academic year teaching in Germany after receiving English Teaching Assistantships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright recipients, who will begin their teaching assignments in Germany...
Continue ReadingWroblewski ’16 receives State Department scholarship
Karlee Wroblewski, a Furman University sophomore from Somerset, Wis., has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) from the U.S. Department of State to undergo intensive study of the Chinese language. Wroblewski, who will spend eight...
Continue ReadingNew members join Furman Board of Trustees
These new trustees will join the Furman board July 1, 2014: John Donald Anderson—Anderson, 1966 Furman graduate, is president and owner of Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology, an accredited cosmetology school located in Charlotte, N.C. Prior...
Continue ReadingStudying the geology of landslides
Mountaintops across the Upstate are at risk from landslides, and local geologists warn that if a landslide occurred in certain high-risk spots, it could wipe out mountain homes and endanger lives. Several professors in Furman’s...
Continue ReadingFurman student to host Twitter Q&A for physically disabled
Furman student Luke Christie, who serves as National Youth Chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, will host a live Twitter Q&A Tuesday, April 29 to offer advice about navigating college and professional life with a...
Continue ReadingLearning to “run with it”
The only complaint Furman art department chair Ross McClain has with his excellent students is that they’re such excellent students. “They’ve been taking tests and they’ve been jumping those hurdles, and they finally get here...
Continue ReadingThe little film that couldn’t
Described by the filmmakers as a semi-autobiographical showbiz comedy, Cinema Purgatorio is about a group of no-name filmmakers who try to win a regional film festival and attract the attention of actor Bill Murray. Written...
Continue ReadingAlum elected editor of South Carolina Law Review
Emily Bridges, a 2012 Furman graduate, has been elected editor in chief of the South Carolina Law Review, the oldest and most prestigious legal publication in the state. Bridges, a second-year law student at the University...
Continue ReadingExperience East Asia
When Kelsey Orr decided to come to Furman, she knew she’d meet some interesting people along the way. Furman set the bar high before classes even started. Orr was one of 11 incoming students who...
Continue ReadingPowers receives SCICU Excellence in Teaching Award
Alicia Powers, Associate Professor of Health Sciences at Furman, has been awarded a 2014 Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities (SCICU) organization. A specialist in nutrition and food systems, Powers joined...
Continue ReadingEducating for sustainability
Furman University is listed in the fifth edition of The Princeton Review's Guide to 332 Green Colleges: 2014 Edition, a guidebook saluting the most environmentally responsible “green colleges.” The new edition of the free guidebook...
Continue ReadingAn astronomical achievement
Furman mathematics professor Liz Bouzarth is aware of multiple people who have applied for a National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She’s known exactly one to actually receive the prestigious award—Furman senior Kristina Pardo. “Peers...
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